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Applied Economic Research Practicum

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
1/27/25 - 5/14/25
Th 8:30p.m. – 9:45p.m.		 W05-0041 1 $852 (guest students)
Date
1/27/25 - 5/14/25
Time
Th 8:30p.m. – 9:45p.m.
Location
W05-0041
Credits
1
Min. Tuition*
$852 (guest students)

Description

This one credit course allows students to apply and extend their quantitative research skills to a specific economic issue. Students will be required to briefly researcht he issue, provide descriptive statistics and tabular formulations, apply ordinary least squares techniques, and then learn and apply one other statistical technique to tease out the economic relationships and potential causal factors. Students will have assignments that culminate in a short policy brief. Topics might include gender/racial/immigrant wage gap; trade deficit and growth; income inequality levels across nations or cities; occupational segregation.

Prerequisites

ECON 651

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Course Details

Session

Regular Academic Session

Class Dates

1/27/2025 - 5/14/2025

Location

W05-0041

Enrolled / Capacity

6 / 15

Status

Open

Instructor

Leila Davis

Tuition*

$852 (guest students)

* The tuition estimate is based on minimum, single-course cost to a new student who is a Massachusetts resident and not enrolled in a multi-course program. State residency, online/in person modality, and matriculation to a degree program may affect cost.

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